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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 1, 1938.

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RESTLESS

JAPANESE

REGIME

Martial Law Cuts Off British Concession

Sentries Refuse GOVERNOR'S JAPANESE

To Recognise Valid Passes

Hankow, To-day.

OFFICIAL VISIT TO MACAO

Macao, To-day.

It is officially announced that

nor of Hong Kong and Lady North-

H.M.S.

Martial law, which was proclaimed last night, vir... Sir Geoffry Northcote, Gover-

tually cuts off the ex-British Concession from the rest of Hankow. Two hundred Britons residing in this Concession are denied ingress and egress as a result of the closing of the gates at 6 in the evening.

Several prominent Britons only reached their homes in the French by and elsewhere Concession squeezing through the bars of one unguarded gate, while others on- tered the front doors of buildings on the boundary and emerged from side doors leading into other Con- cessions.

APPEAL FOR CHINA REFUGEES

In a statement concerning establishment of a..British for Relief of Distress. In

the

Fund China.

BOMB BRIDAL PARTY

Macao, To-day.

A batch of seven Chinese ·

cote, will pay an official visit to wounded was brought to Post Macao on Monday next, arriving Medico, Macao's First Aid Depot, in the morning on board

for medical attention and eventual- Falmouth.

A guard of honour will receive ly sent to the Government Hospital. the distinguished visitors.

It was revealed that the vic An official luncheon has been ar-tims, consisting of three chil- ranged by H.E. Dr. A. Tamagnini dren, two women and three men -- Barbosa, Governor of Macao, in had been injured in Japanese honour of H.E. and Lady North-bomb explosions. cote, to be held at the Government

It was learned from one of the House, and the principal naval, unfortunates, that the Japanese military and civilian personages planes appeared over a village on will participate.

the west bank of Moto Moon, A sight-seeing tour around

some fifteen miles west of Ma- It is understood that strong pro-Macao will follow the luncheon tests are being made.-Reuter.

and H.E. and Lady Northcote will cao, during a Nuptial Ceremony then leave Macao at five p.m. for and dropped several bombs kill- Hong Kong. Our Own Corres-ing twelve and wounding over

fifteen persons. pondent.

Shekki reports that Japanese aeroplanes flew over Tung Too, a

The latest restrictions are. causing bitter comment, while the special passes issued by the British Consul-General, counter-stamped by the Ja- panese gendarmerie, are not recognised.

LONDON-SYDNEY IN TWO DAYS

London, To-day.

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SALE OF WORK FOR village near the city of Shekki SALVATION

The well-known aviators, C. WARMY CHARITIES

and dropped several bombs with- out causing any loss of lives or material damages. Our Own Correspondent.

been made by the inmates during the past year.

A. Scott and Mrs. Kirby Green,

The Salvation Army for Women have are planning to leave England on November 7 on an attempt to fly and Girls and the Mo Kwong Home to Sydney in two days.

for the Blind are holding a combin- The Mo Kwong Home for Blind ed Sale of Work at Phillips House, Girls formerly carried on its work Mody Road,: Kowloon, on Thursday, in Canton, but owing to war time from 10a.m. to 12 p.m. and from conditions has been temporarily re- 2 p.m. to. 6 p.m...

moved to Maco The Salvation Army Home-ia?well

Hong Kong and South China Bran- ch, with His Excellency Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G. as patron, it

They will use the De Havilland is pointed out that the outbreak of Comet plane in which Scott won hostilities in Kwangtung Province the Mildenhall-Melbourne air race has led to deep and widespread dis-with Campbell Black. tress among the poorer classes of the Province, including some have taken refuge in this Colony.

Large numbers of women children are homeless and destitute and they, together with the sick, the aged and those wounded in air raids, depend for their lives on the care and charity of others.

who

and

In Canton alone there are already many thousand refugees assembled in five area-camps and it is almost certain that their numbers will grow as winter approaches: elsewhere in South China many thousand others are in similar dire need.

Funds are most urgently required to provide food, shelter, clothes and medical aid for these helpless. vic- tims of war," For that purpose this Branch Fund has been opened and an Appeal issued by leading re- sidents, who plead most earnestly for all the aid that can be given in money or kind,

The Fund will be administered by a Board consisting of the following: -Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith ('Chair- man); Hon. Sir Robert, Kotewall (Deputy Chairman); Hon; Mr. T. N. Chau. Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, Sir Vandeleur Grayburn. Rt. Rev. R. O. Hall. Sir Robert Ho Tung. Hon. Dr. Li Shu Fan Hòn Mi Mi K. Lo. (Hon. Sec), Hon. Mr. B. A. C. North. Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C. Rt. Rev. H. Valtorta.

Contributions will be received:- Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation.

Cheques should be made payable)

to:--

"B. F. R. D. C. "

on

The couple will allow themselves

Mo Kwong is ucimarily a Home only half an hour for stopping and known to all Hong Kong residents where eighty friendless blind girls refuelling at each stage

the and

that are cared for and taught to make Major Brazier trusts.

childrens gar- route, which will embrace Aleppo, friends will take this opportunity knitted baby and Karachi, Allahabad, Singapore and of helping her to dispose of the ments, the Sale of which helps the Darwin.-Reuter.

surplus stock of Bedspreads etc that girls to become self supporting.

The Women's Health and Beauty, League were givan u „party at Victoria Hall, Bloomsbury Square, London by their leader Miss Franella Stack and her dance Lord David Douglas Hamilton. Photo shows. Lord Hamilton and Miss Prunella Black with some of the league members. (Cop